FROM GREENPOINT TERMINAL

B-W. A city skyline photographed from a roof. Vertical scratches on the sky.

TECHNICAL DATA:

date: 1997

location: Brooklyn, New York

camera: Hasselblad

published in:

exhibited at: Recent Forgeries, Errant Vine

MEANING OF THE TITLE:

Greenpoint Terminal Warehouse -- a complex of industrial buildings, part of the Greenpoint Terminal Market Site in Greenpoint Brooklyn, NY. The buildings were used for exterior shots in the movie A Perfect Murder. More in the Glossary

SPECIAL (D)EFFECTS:

scratches most likely caused by a metal clip used for hanging the negatives as they dry.

FACTS & TIDBITS:

The picture is taken from a roof of the Greenpoint Terminal Warehouse building, facing East along the Milton Street to the St. Anthony of Padua Church which tower is visible on the horizon. The image is flipped: If you compare the pictures below, you will see that on Viggo's photo the smaller Church tower is right from the St. Anthony Church, and on all other pictures it is on the LEFT, seen from the same direction.

Here is the aerial view of the whole Milton Street
with Greenpoint Terminal and both churches.

On this picture you can see the spot where Viggo stood making the picture.(1). The arrow shows the direction in which he aimed the camera.

The yellow area covers the fire destruction.

He was standing on the roof above this Entrance that closes Milton Street from the West

COMMENTS:

EOS: Judging from the amount of picture galleries about the place, Greenpoint Terminal must be quite popular among photographers. I also find the abandoned buildings fascinating and can easily imagine Viggo exploring the site. What surprised me is that actually the place lies directly at the waterfront of East River. In the movie David's loft was located more south and central, near the Brooklyn Bridge as described on the movie's website, and I also imagined it this way.

There is another scene in A Perfect Murder which was clearly shot on the location (nr. 2 on the pic above) It's the scene when Emily brings the new coffee machine do David's loft.

Pics from A Perfect Murder ©Warner Bros

It is hard to say if Greenpoint Terminal Warehouse was the set of all A Perfect Murder exterior shots -- all the buildings in the area look similar, and pictures taken from different angles with different cameras doesn't make it easier to tell. But after comparing pictures from the movie and photos I found on the net, I am quite sure that all three pics below show the South-East corner of Milton Street and West Street, and the building on the right is a part of the Greenpoint Terminal Warehouse. The only problem is that you can clearly see two rows of skywalks over West Street. On the Google picture there is only one... well, it looks like they are gone some time after the movie was made.

LINKS:

A Perfect Murder movie website

go back to the glossary for more links